Golf Tips – Curing a Golf Slice The most dreaded part of my game has always been hitting a golf slice. Seems like no matter what I do, it always rears it’s ugly head. I’ve tried just about every swing tip possible and after a little time it always creeps back in. Are you a…
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Orlando Golf Lessons – How to Hit a Punch Shot
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Today’s Orlando Golf Lesson is “How to Hit a Punch Shot” or “Knockdown Shot.” A punch or knockdown shot is a shot played with a very low trajectory, usually to avoid interference from tree branches when a player is hitting from the woods. Similar to the knock-down, it can also be used to avoid high…
Orlando Golf Lessons Week 3 & 4 – Pitching
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Continuing on from last weeks post Orlando Golf Lessons – Chipping, this weeks post is all about that glorious art form, pitching. A super quick recap, Brendon Elliott is a local golf pro and he’s been giving me short game lessons. So far we’ve covered putting and chipping and those posts can be viewed below.…
Orlando Golf Lessons Weeks 3 & 4 – Chipping
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I’m a little late on posting these and I apologize for that.. As a quick refresher, I’ve been taking golf lessons from a local golf pro named Brendon Elliott. If you haven’t been following along, you can catch up by clicking on the posts below. Orlando Golf Lessons Week 1 Orlando Golf Lessons Week 2…
Orlando Golf Lessons Week 2
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Last Saturday, I had my second short game lesson from Brendon Elliott. If you missed the first weeks lesson you can find it here – Orlando Golf Lessons. For a quick recap, the first week was a putting evaluation, complete with video, pictures, dixx putter stats and a review of my last 10 golf scores.…
Chipping with a 3-Wood
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Found this video clip on the golf channel. This shot was made famous by the Honorable Tiger Woods himself 🙂 This guy makes it look sooooo easy… I think it’s more accurate to call it putting with a 3-wood because that’s what your actually doing. Check it out, I’m gonna head to the range today…
You should be able to hit 100 yards with every club
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Yes, crazy I know… Johnny Miller, one of the old school greats, was quoted saying “Players these days, ain’t got no class, no style in their swing, all they got is long hits and good technology, none have the finesse of the old days!” He was mentioned in an article where Mike Malaska asked him…
Little 3-wood advice from Butch
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I’ve always been a hackmaster when it comes to hitting a 3-wood from the fairway. One story that I’ll never forget. I was playing a round with my cousin/best friend on his home course in D.C. We were neck and neck the entire round and the games bragging rights were all riding on the outcome…
Little Pre-game Putting Advice, Courtesy of Phil
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Here’s the Article.. FindArticles – Phil’s favorite lag drill: learn to focus on speed, not break, on long putts Golf Digest, May, 2008, by Butch Harmon I actually came across this article in a Golf Digest magazine some kind person left in the Winnie Palmer Triage waiting room <I was there for 4 hours!>. My…